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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 60

Attica, Athens (406/405 BC), AR Plated Tetradrachm (Money of Necessity), 14.16g, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. AE, owl standing right, head facing, olive-spray and crescent behind (Cf. Starr pl.23,12), a good example of the debased coinage Athens was forced to resort to after the ruinous expense of the war against Sparta and the failed expeditions to Sicily, silver plating virtually intact, very fine Estimate £ 200-300

Sold for
£200